Alain Simon, Marcos
Arruda
* [read
the beginning]
We can already observe the following points:
It is also important to mention the strong link established with the
Indicators Workshop. The indicators used by the dominant model do not include important aspects of life in society, both quantitative and qualitative. It is therefore necessary to rethink these indicators in order to measure the solidarity socio-economy's progress At the heart of the matter is the question of quality of life, an element that could not be of less concern to dominant economy issues. For instance, if you break a leg, you cause the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to rise. This rise in GDP is seen as a victory and an advance by the capitalist system. However, should not certain important aspects be included in this indicator to see if, in real terms, it can assess how people as well as society as a whole are progressing in terms of well-being?
We are therefore talking about complementary
aspects that we need to continue to work on
up until the Dakar meeting. During the meeting,
all the WSSE workshops will be able to take
a cross-cutting approach to working on the elaboration
of our project. The creation of preliminary
tools is therefore essential if we want to give
substance to the discussions and ideas produced
by the meeting.
The plan conceived by the WSSE reveals its dynamism
and capacity to create a concrete and living
project. Based on the summary and dialogue work
of the workshops, we are providing different
tools for constructing and consolidating the
solidarity socio-economy. We hope that the collective
discussion of these summaries that will form
part of the Dakar meeting will allow us to present
a systemic visualization of this alternative
economy’s new paradigm.
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See István Mészáros Beyond
Capital (published in Brazil in 2002 by Boitempo
Editorial under the title Para além do
capital)
